Putting industry on video - an archive for the future

Welcome

I.A.Recordings is a small group of volunteers documenting past and present industrial activity using high definition video and photography.

If possible, we'll record people and processes while they're still working - moving pictures are vital for that, but they also add an extra dimension to industrial remains and the techniques used in old crafts and trades.

To find out more about I.A.Recordings, and our industrial history material visit the "About Us" page.

New Releases

This 2 disc compilation set is a record of the sites visited, ranging from the amazing landscape and sites around Rio Tinto, to the Almadén mercury mining museum and the fascinating lead mines and smelter sites around Linares.

Latest Production

On Mighty Arms - explores a full-size working atmospheric beam engine - a faithful replica of the one built by Thomas Newcomen in 1712 at Coneygree near Dudley, which was the first practical steam engine in the world.

Recorded at the Black Country Living Museum, here is an opportunity to see how to raise steam and operate this important engine.

Things to look into

The Sales page gives details about all our currently available video material. All Sales go towards funding more recording work of old crafts and trades.

The Features pages provide details about some of the astonishing industrial sites and processes that we have recorded over the past 30 years.